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TIL: Hitler Plotted to Kill Churchill With Exploding Chocolate

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M94b TIL that there was an experiment to teach dolphins English. A dolphin called Peter did actually learn a few words but actually fell in love with his teacher and also had sexual urges. Consequently, the experiment ended pronto but unfortunately the dolphin couldn’t cope and committed suicide.
69BKJ TIL Looney Tunes Witch Hazel was inspired by Disney’s Witch Hazel, both played by the same actress.
BgWmd TIL the museum considered to have been the first museum in world history was founded in Ur circa 530 BC. Known as Ennigaldi's museum (named after Ennigaldi, a princess of the Neo-Babylonian Empire), it showcased cataloged and labelled artifacts from the preceding 1,500 years of Mesopotamian history.
M7Ayb TIL that the Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1982-86 Peter Savaryn was a veteran of the same SS unit as Yaroslav Hunka
lovPA TIL that Charles Bronson once took took a civilian hostage and demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea. He later released the hostage after being disgusted when he broke wind on front of him.